During a recent interview with “Wrestling Shoot Interviews,” Marc Mero commented on signing WWE’s first-ever guaranteed contract in 1996.
According to Mero, he told Vince McMahon that he wanted to bring his then-wife Sable on the road with him because of the divorce rate in wrestling at the time. He said,
“It just ruffled a lot of feathers when I came to WWF. Because of the signing bonus, the guaranteed contract, and of course, bringing my wife in too? Raised a lot of eyebrows. Next thing you know, I’m speaking to Vince. He goes, ‘I can give you the guaranteed contract and the signing bonus, but why do you want to bring your wife on the road?’ We walked into his office and he looked at her and he goes, ‘I got to put her on TV.’ And then her and I came up with the name ‘Sable’ and the rest is history.“
VICE TV’s Dark Side of the Ring series and WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus have been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards. The ceremony is the Canadian equivalent of the Emmys.
Dark Side of the Ring has been nominated for the following categories:
* Best Factual Series (Evan Husney, Jason Eisener, Paul Taylor, Howard Shefman, Vanessa Case, Guillermo Garcia, Lee Hoffman)
* Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research (Episode: “Abdullah The Butcher: Legacy of Blood”; Nominees: Kyle Parry, Thea Toole, Jon Boucher)
* Best Photography, Documentary or Factual (Episode: “The World According to Marty Jannetty”; Nominees: Keenan Lynch, Daniel Tahmizian)
* Best Picture Editing, Factual (Episode: “Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty”; Nominees: Marc Ricciardelli, Curt Lobb)
Trish Stratus has a nomination for Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition for her work on Canada’s Got Talent.
